FILM

Saving Private Ryan

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Saving Private Ryan
Cast:

Tom Hanks
Matt Damon
Tom Sizemore
Edward Burns
Barry Pepper
Adam Goldberg
Vin Diesel
Giovanni Ribisi
Jeremy Davies
Ted Danson
Paul Giamatti

Director:
Steven Spielberg

Producer:
Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Steven Spielberg

Written by:
Robert Rodat

Distributor:
Dreamworks Distribution

Budget:
$70 million

Box Office:
$216,540,909

Awards:

Won Academy Award for Best Director (Steven Spielberg) ,Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Sound (Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ron Judkins), Best Film Editing (Michael Kahn), Best Sound Effects Editing (Gary Rydstrom,Richard Hymns).Nomiated for Academy Award for Best Picture (Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks), Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Robert Rodat), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Thomas E. Sanders, Lisa Dean), Best Makeup (Lois Burwell, Conor O’Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke), Best Music, Original Dramatic Score (John Williams)
Won Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director - Motion Picture (Steven Spielberg)
Won Bafta for Best Sound (Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Richard Hymns), Best Special Effects (Stefen Fangmeier, Roger Guyett, Neil Corbould)



Metacritic Score:
90

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
92%